Gassenzauber 2025: A festival of diversity in Meißen's streets!

Gassenzauber 2025: A festival of diversity in Meißen's streets!

Meißen, Deutschland - In the picturesque Meißen, preparations for the popular street theater festival alley magic have already started. This weekend, more precisely on Saturday at 2 p.m., the historic city center will be a setting for the fifth edition of the festival, which offers an exciting experience for young and old. The organizer Ann-Kristin Böhme is looking forward to welcoming visitors from near and far from this colorful spectacle.

The event is under the motto "Experience diversity" this year, and the program could hardly be more varied. International artists from Germany, Ireland, Argentina, Canada, the USA and the Netherlands will fill the streets with exciting, bizarre and comedic performances. In addition to clownersk performances, musical highlights are also set. The band "Krambambuli" will provide good entertainment, while the French pianist Beranger gives a final concert on Saturday evening. A special delicacy this year is also a surprise concert on the porcelain organ of the Frauenkirche Meißen.

a festival for all senses

The alleys is a festival for all ages. Visitors can look forward to an exciting program that, in addition to large shows on Theaterplatz, also offers more intimate cabinet pieces on the Red School Square. Heinrichsplatz becomes the scene of interactive ideas of artists such as Shiva Grings and El Goma, while the demanding theater performance of "Bolbol" will captivate the audience on Rathausplatz. A theater tent is set up on the small market in which Vincent de Rooij and Daan Mathot present their pieces.

Admission to the festival is free, but it is asked for a hat for the artists. The Meißen wine cooperative ensures that there is no shortage of cool drinks, so that visitors can enjoy the atmosphere to the fullest. The entire festival is organized in cooperation with the “Theater Meißen with Future” support association and is an integral part of the Meißner Kultur summer.

art and culture in the city center

The alleys not only is very popular with Meißen, but also joins a large number of other street theater events in Germany. Similar to the street magic festival in Sankt Wendel or the international cabaret festival on the island of Usedom, where viewers sometimes vary between 20 and 500, such festivals are very popular. In Meißen's historical alleys, the diversity of the artist artists will come into their own and offer an unforgettable experience for everyone.

The artistic direction is in the hands of Helmut Raeder, who also organizes the hiking theater festival in Radebeul. As soon as the alleys are over, the planning for next year begins. By the end of August, visitors can also experience the "hot summer" in the Meißen Theater. With such a diverse offer, Meißen remains a center for culture and art that affects people in the heart.
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